Foremost banker and philanthropist extraordinaire, Otunba Subomi Balogun was sighted on Monday, August 31st 2015 at the VIP section of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja-Lagos.
Spotted in his traditional white attire, the billionaire businessman was looking refreshed, while he was being wheeled by one of his aides to the arrival section where retinue of his protocol staff waited to receive him.
The stylish man of many means came in an early morning flight from London, but no one was sure if it was the just landed Virgin Atlantic flight, or a chartered plane. It is believed that the man had gone for his routine medical check-up in the Queensland, and may have been instructed by his doctors not to stress himself, hence the reason for using a wheel chair.
At 81 years, Otunba Tunwase as he his otherwise known still looks gay and bubbly despite such age. He is the major catalyst behind the success of his bank- First City Monument Bank (FCMB) where his son, Ladi Balogun holds forth as the managing director.
A blessed man whose children are excelling in their chosen fields, Otunba Balogun is a devoted Christian and one of the pillars of Methodist Church of Nigeria.
An illustrious son of Ijebu-land, his philanthropic gestures know no bounds. He has built as well as renovated many hospitals than any other indigenes in his home land.
Over a decade ago, he established an organization called Otunba Tunwase Foundation to cater for all his philanthropic endeavours like the Iye Subomi’s Child Care Centre which boasts of 40-bed fully air-conditioned children hospital, Otunba Tunwase National Paedriatic Centre amongst others.
He has funded a lot of research works in universities in his bid to help humanity.
In an interview, he once said “I am not asking for anything again in life; all the beautiful things of this life, God has given me, I now have a duty to devote the rest of my life to serve God, to serve humanity and to continue to do things because at the end of the day, none of us will drive Rolls Royce to the grave.”
Otunba Subomi is married to an ageless beauty- Olori Abimbola Adetutu and they have remained inseparable for years.
Grandmaster of Banking, Otunba Subomi Balogun spotted on wheel chair at airport
